Champion honored for children's work

3:04 PM,
Jul. 18, 2013

Former State Sen. Norma Champion brandishes a pair of boxing gloves - a play on her last name and her fight for tax credits for charity donations - at a ceremony in her honor Thursday at Evangel University. The governor recently signed a law naming benevolent tax credits in her honor.

Written by

Jonathan Shorman
JSHORMAN@NEWS-LEADER.COM

Child-centered charities and organizations gathered today to honor former Sen. Norma Champion for fighting on behalf of children.

Many view the former Springfield lawmaker as having scored a knock-out punch on behalf of children for helping create the Children in Crisis tax credit in 2006. The credits allow donations to organizations such as Isabel's House and the Child Advocacy Center to be tax-deductible.

But the credit, along with several other charitable tax credits, expired this fall after the General Assembly failed to extend them in 2012. ...